Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is renowned for her bright green dresses and hats. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 20000 cp. Obsidian (4 gp). Sard (80 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp).

Description: This eastern man wears a blue costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. His clothes are grease stained in places. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Tim's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears just a brown suit. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is auburn and very short. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. A true patriot, Anselm would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born in the west. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Deep green spinel (80 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp).

Description: An older man who prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor, he is not a threatening figure. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 60 pp.